1966 Navy Midshipmen football team

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1966 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
CaptainDon Downing
Home stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    9 0 1
Colgate    8 1 1
No. 8 Georgia Tech    9 2 0
Army    8 2 0
Dayton    8 2 0
Houston    8 2 0
Memphis State    7 2 0
No. 9 Miami (FL)    8 2 1
Virginia Tech    8 2 1
Syracuse    8 3 0
Colorado State    7 3 0
New Mexico State    7 3 0
West Texas State    7 3 0
Villanova    6 3 0
Holy Cross    6 3 1
Southern Miss    6 4 0
Texas Western    6 4 0
Tulane    5 4 1
Florida State    6 5 0
Buffalo    5 5 0
Penn State    5 5 0
Air Force    4 6 0
Boston College    4 6 0
Navy    4 6 0
Utah State    4 6 0
Xavier    4 6 0
Pacific    4 7 0
San Jose State    3 7 0
Pittsburgh    1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Bill Elias. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Boston College W 27–720,201
September 24at SMU L 3-2158,000
October 1at Air Force L 7–15
October 8at Syracuse L 14–2839,000
October 15at Pittsburgh W 24-7
October 22 William & Mary Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 21–023,909 [2]
October 29vs. Notre Dame L 7–3170,101
November 5 Duke
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 7–922,203 [3]
November 12at Vanderbilt W 30–1418,583 [4]
November 26vs. Army
L 7–20
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Roster

1966 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16Phil Bassi
QB 15 John Cartwright Jr
TE 84Mike Clark
G 60Tim Cocozzo
RB 35Tom Daley
C 58Harry Dittmann
C 54Ron Lemon
G 66Dave Lohr
G 67Art Meinhold
RB 24Terry Murray
RB 48Bill Newton
QB 18Ken Pease
OT 75Rich Red
OT 79Kit Ruland
WR 80Tom Shrawder
WR 82Rod Taylor
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 28Rick Bayer
DT 77Emerson Carr
DB 26Bernie DeGeorge
DE 87Bill Dow
LB 51Don Downing
LB 69Pete Eisenhauer
DB 38Jim Goebel
DB 34Rogers Lammers
DB 49Scott McDaniel
DB 11John McIntosh
DE 74Tom McKean
LB 56Francis Poole
DE 85Curt Schantz
DT 78Dave Tate
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 193. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. "Cartwright passes Middies to victory". The South Bend Tribune. October 23, 1966. Retrieved October 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Duke tops Navy 9–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 6, 1966. Retrieved January 21, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Navy sails past Vanderbilt 30–14". The Courier-Journal. November 13, 1966. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.